Perfectly Delectable Pulled Pork

This perfectly delectable pulled pork recipe is a simple and very tasty. I use a slow cooker which makes the pork so tender and delicious with the mixture of spices!!

One thing that I love is my slow cooker. I love it because it helps me make perfectly delectable pulled pork. Yes, yes, I know that it makes other delish meals but the pulled pork? I need a moment of silence for this dish. Sigh.

Perfect!

In my opinion, it’s all about the cut of meat and the rub. And of course, as I said before, the slow cooker!

My favorite meat is, and always has been, smoked shoulder, especially in a boiled dinner. But why bring that up now? Only to say that this pulled pork recipe has been elevated in rank to become very close to my favorite.

One of the things that I don’t really like about some pulled pork recipes is although I like the pork, I do NOT like the sweet sauce everyone seems to want to serve with it.

Too sweet. I want a savory sauce with my pulled pork and this recipe delivers in spades!!

How to make Pulled Pork

I start with the rub. Who wouldn’t? As I said before, it’s one of the most important things to obtain a successful pulled pork extravaganza! I use chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, onion powder, oregano, kosher salt and paprika.

All mixed up and ready to be rub-a-dub-dubbed all over that big slab of meat! Ooowaaa, we are having fun now.

I had Christopher take the pork out of it’s casing because I was putting together the rub and that took concentration, people!

Oh, and I didn’t feel like getting my hands dirty.

I used a bone in pork butt!

Along with taking the packaging off, Christopher also trimmed the fat. Of course, we left some so it could flavor this delicious meat!

I sprinkled on some paprika for extra color.

Next, I got some cloves of garlic and some chicken broth.

I used 4 cloves and left them whole. I also used about 1 1/2 cups of chicken broth.

Into the slow cooker the butt goes! I pour in the chicken broth and fling in the garlic.

Then I set the slow cooker to high, for 4.5 hours. I love the timer on my slow cooker.

Once the timer goes off, I take the meat out of the cooker and put it on a platter and tent some pieces of foil over the meat.

Here is the meat after it rests.

Perfect!

Time to start pulling with my forks.

Shred, shred, shred. Moist and delish!! I have some baked vegetables in the background and poured the juice from the slow cooker into a pourer.

I hope you enjoyed this recipe. I certainly enjoyed eating it – hardy-har-har-har!

Feel free to leave me a comment do you like your pulled pork savory like I do, or sweet?

And as always, may all your dishes be delish!

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I LOVE anything with pulled pork! Not only is it the easiest thing in the world to make but it tastes over the top delicious! I make Kahlua pork a lot but adding your addition of spices sounds wonderful! I can’t wait to give this a try!

Pulled pork is one of those things I love so much, but I just never make myself. We always do elaborate tacos for New Year’s Eve (with margaritas, of course) – I’m going to add these to our menu of toppings!

Rubbing spices into meat is one of my favorite things to do in the kitchen! ;D I wish I could could cook more often with pork, it’s difficult to get it here in stores. I would make your delicious looking pulled pork first thing!

I bookmarked this to make… we make ours in the oven, but keep saying I should try one in the crockpot… Your spices sound a bit different than mine… and I can’t wait to give it a whirl! (Im so into cumin at the moment, why didn’t I think of that!

I always forget to put a rub on my pulled pork (probably because I’m making it in a rush and not giving it the time or attention it deserves!), so I can’t wait to give this a shot! I’m sure it will bring it to a whole new level!

Yum I love pulled pork…just had way too much yesterday at a party! And I’m totally with you on the sauce. I cant’ figure out why people want such sweet sauce on their pulled pork. All that does is hide the gorgeous pork